From: Alex Fenton <alex@...>
Date: 2005-07-08T19:00:50+09:00
Subject: Re: HOWTO: gem install sqlite3

Hi Basi

You only need to install one or the other. The <ruby> option is a 
package that can be used on many different OSes, but includes C code 
that needs to be compiled. The <mswin32> option is the same code, but 
the C code has been precompiled for you. This is helpful as Windows 
machines don't come with the tools you need to compile the C code 
pre-installed.

So, if you're using windows, the <mswin32> option is probably the best 
for you. The installed files will be in

C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems

Whichever gem package you choose, you also need the sqlite3.dll file 
from sqlite.org installed somewhere in your PATH. Do this before 
installing the gem. C:\ruby\bin is probably in your path, so you can put 
sqlite3.dll there, or you could put it in a system directory like 
C:\windows\system32. If you only use sqlite3 in ruby, putting it in the 
ruby directory might be easiest.

hth
alex

basi wrote:

> When I entered the command
> 
> gem install sqlite3,
> 
> I am prompted to select a <Ruby> option and a <mswin32> option. The
> <mswin32> option installs ok, but the <Ruby> option fails with the
> message "ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension".
> 
> Do I need to install both options? If so how do I install the <ruby>
> option correctly?
> Which directory did gem install the <mswin32> stuff?
> Do I need to put the sqlite3.dll file that can be downloaded from the
> sqlite website under c:\ruby\bin? 
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> Basi Lio
>